Help our Dog Shelters in Florida Please

Hurricane Irma Damaged our Dog Shelter in CENTRAL FLORIDA HIGHLANDS COUNTY

The Humane Society of Highlands in Central Florida and tend to be overlooked by larger rescue groups.  After the Florida Keys, we were hit the hardest and have been declared a Disaster Zone. How can you help?

1.       We have created an Amazon Wish List:  HIGHLANDS ANIMAL CONTROL this will help all the shelters in the area.  Go to your Amazon account and search lists.

2.       There is also a Go- Fund-Me  https://www.gofundme.com/Irmadogshelters  that will be used to help us repair fencing and deliver dog food to area residents.

 

  

Our staff is exhausted, our dogs are traumatized, but just last week we got water and air-conditioning.

                      

Our Little St. Francis Sculpture Survived.

Currently, we have 75 dogs and around 50 cats in our shelter. We are working at full capacity and cannot intake anymore animals. Our biggest wish is to ship these dogs to forever homes.

Thankfully our rescued No-Name Puppies are oblivious but others are suffering.

When a dog enters the shelter, our challenge is to convince them that they are good dogs and did nothing wrong. The shock of Irma hurt, and without our regular volunteers it’s difficult to tend to their emotional needs. Our solution?  We have enlisted the puppies to work with the older dogs and they are doing an excellent job. Who can’t be cheered up by a wee one?

FRENCHIE and PATCHES Irma refugees after Puppy Therapy.

What I did not count on were the “Hoarders”. Just last week we found a home with over a hundred

cats. And I did not expect the intakes from the flooded Puppy Mills hidden in the back roads and  finding  cages of dogs buried in ditches stuck in the mud who were rescued by the Sheriff’s department. Some dogs had been purposely blinded so they would not run away.  We finally know where these places are located who runs them and the Sheriff’s Office can now shut them down.

We have also found dogs tied to fences and cars, their backs and legs broken from the storm.  Many people panicked could not take their animals with them and tied them up instead of letting them take their chances.  We are performing emergency triage, but without our Vet our efforts are limited.                                                             

                                                                               

 Our first N0-Name Puppy found tied to a cow

dragging on the street.                                                          Our little One-eyed pug mix "Pirate   

                       

Below: Me and the Sheriff

My name is Kay Hall-Holosko and I am a just a regular person. I use my own time and resources to further my vision.  I was inspired to continue my work after Bark Magazine chose to feature me in the Xmas edition, 2017. Because of that article I gained confidence and could define my mission to go into High-Risk Rural areas, boost staff morale, kiss some dogs, hug a puppy and get them the things that they need.  Before the storm hit I secured 6000lbs of dog food as a donation to  Animal Services.  That feeds 30 dogs a day for 6 months!

Blessings

K

If you wish to adopt please contact me at kayhallny@gmail.com

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